com.softtechdesign.ga
Class ChromStrings

java.lang.Object
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public class ChromStrings

extends Chromosome

Chromosome class where genes are stored as an array of strings

Author:

Jeff Smith jeff@SoftTechDesign.com

Field Summary

private java.lang.String[]

genes array of genes which comprise this Chromosome

Fields inherited from class com.softtechdesign.ga.Chromosome

fitness, fitnessRank

Constructor Summary

ChromStrings(int iGenesDim)
Creates new string array of genes

Method Summary

void	copyChromGenes(Chromosome chromosome) Copy the genes from the given chromosome over the existing genes
java.lang.String	getGene(int iGene) return the gene indexed by iGene as a char
java.lang.String[]	getGenes() Get a reference to the genes array
java.lang.String	getGenesAsStr() return the array of genes as a string
int	getNumGenesInCommon(Chromosome chromosome) Calculates how many genes are the same between this chromosome and the given chromosome
void	setGene(java.lang.String gene, int geneIndex) sets the gene value
java.lang.String	toString() Returns the array of genes as a string

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

, clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, registerNatives, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

genes

private java.lang.String[] genes

array of genes which comprise this Chromosome

Constructor Detail

ChromStrings

public ChromStrings(int iGenesDim)

Creates new string array of genes

Parameters:

iGenesDim - the size of the array of genes

Method Detail

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns the array of genes as a string

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

String

setGene

public void setGene(java.lang.String gene,
                    int geneIndex)

sets the gene value

Parameters:

gene - value to set

geneIndex - index of gene

getNumGenesInCommon

public int getNumGenesInCommon(Chromosome chromosome)

Calculates how many genes are the same between this chromosome and the given chromosome

Overrides:

getNumGenesInCommon in class Chromosome

Parameters:

chromosome - chromosome to compare

Returns:

int

getGenes

public java.lang.String[] getGenes()

Get a reference to the genes array

Returns:

String[]

getGenesAsStr

public java.lang.String getGenesAsStr()

return the array of genes as a string

Overrides:

getGenesAsStr in class Chromosome

Returns:

String

getGene

public java.lang.String getGene(int iGene)

return the gene indexed by iGene as a char

Parameters:

iGene -

Returns:

String

copyChromGenes

public void copyChromGenes(Chromosome chromosome)

Copy the genes from the given chromosome over the existing genes

Overrides:

copyChromGenes in class Chromosome

Parameters:

chromosome -